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June 21, 2012

One of the many business networking groups I belong to is the California chapter of the Society of Association Executives. I have an article on visual tools in the current issue of their newsletter, “The Executive”.

September 06, 2011

CNN interview with Sunni Brown, speaker and co-author of "GameStorming: A Playbook for Rule-breakers, Innovators and Changemakers." She was recently named on Fast Company's 100 Most Creative People in Business List and on the 10 Most Creative People on Twitter list. She spoke at the TED 2011 conference in Long Beach, California.

March 24, 2011

After 3 conferences, 74 panels and 20 breakfast tacos, Heather Willems and Nora Herting of ImageThink are back from SXSW to the relative quiet of Brooklyn, New York.

For those of you who weren't able to make it out to Austin, TX you can view all of the panels they captured as part of Ogilvynotes here and a description of their experience at http://www.blog.imagethink.net/.

March 14, 2011

To interpret/appreciate the magnitude of the earthquake in Japan better, the Hive Group posted an interactive visualization of the most powerful and deadliest earthquakes in recent history to provide a context:

When, at first, we went to print the comic book, a security officer blocked publication. So we called him and demanded a meeting. He agreed, and we read through the comic book over coffee to address his concerns.

At the end, he granted permission to print and then asked: "Could I have a few extra copies for my kids?" The comic book has been credited with inspiring young activists in Egypt and the larger region (we have a Farsi version as well). Last week I distributed copies in Tahrir Square. Seeing the scene in the square firsthand is amazing.

Despite violent attacks and tanks in the street, young people from all walks of life are coming together, organizing food and medical care, and offering a living model of free civil society in action.

February 11, 2011

Why are bribes, requests, seductions, innuendos, and threats so often veiled?

Especially when, presumably, both parties know what they mean? (ex. "Would you like to come upstairs and see my etchings?"

Author and psychology professor Steven Pinker explores our use of "veiled language" through famous scenes in pop culture, including Fargo, When Harry Met Sally, and The Sopranos.

In this next installment of the insanely popular RSA Animate series, Cognitive Media continues to surprise, delight, and illuminate.

Our cultural use of linguistic conundrums are explained by combining master draughtsman skills, witty visual themes, and brilliant site gags inspired by the likes of Mad Magazine, James Thurber, and R. Crumb.

Remember, when the muscley, gangster-looking guy is not giving a compliment when he says: "Nice store you got here... it'd be a shame if something bad happened to it!"